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horace2264
05-Jan-2007, 09:52 PM
Encountered this leaf like insect at Lornie Trail today. I assume it is a moth.
Please help to ID it.

Horace
fluorite
06-Jan-2007, 07:38 AM
Your moth is Alex palparia Walker,
it's range : Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, N. India and Burma

common species,
horace2264
06-Jan-2007, 09:49 AM
Your moth is Alex palparia Walker,
it's range : Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, N. India and Burma

common species,

Thank you very much for the moth ID.

Horace
hkmoths
14-Jan-2007, 02:35 PM
This species is placed in the family Geometridae

see also the Moths of Borneo - Desmobathrinae - Alex palparia (http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/desmobathrini/desmobathrini_5_1.php).

cheers,

Roger.